Sunday Mirror

Dong: I’ve done City so wrong

- BY NEIL MOXLEY

BIRMINGHAM CITY bigwig Dong Ren has claimed responsibi­lity for the last three years of hurt at St Andrew’s.

The club’s chief executive officer has admitted to a string of mistakes that almost pushed the Blues into League One.

Dong also oversaw a catastroph­ic spending spree during the summer of 2017 which ended in a nine-point deduction after the Blues spectacula­rly broke the EFL’s profit and sustainabi­lity rules.

He said: “It has been mental. Do I include myself in the criticism? All day.

“I’m accountabl­e if things go wrong.

“It’s been no one else’s fault. If something has not been done properly, then that’s my fault.”

Dong predicts a better future for the Blues under boss Aitor Karanka after banking over £40million from the sales of Jude Bellingham and Che Adams. He said: “This club is in very good shape.

“Not many could have recovered like we have.”

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OWNING UP Birmingham chief executive Dong Ren

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